Charaxes variata

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Charaxes variata
Charaxes variata - Zambia.jpg
Charaxes variata - Chiwoma, North-Western Province, Zambia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. variata
Binomial name
Charaxes variata
van Someren, 1969[1]
Synonyms
  • Charaxes viola variata van Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola variata f. tricolor van Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola variata f. rosella van Someren, 1969
  • Charaxes viola variata f. cottrelli van Someren, 1969

Charaxes variata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central, southern and north-western and western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of Cryptosepalum forests.

The larvae feed on Cryptosepalum exfoliatum pseudotaxus, Brachystegia spiciformis, and .

Description[]

A full description is provided by Van Someren, V. G. L., 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 75-166.[3]

Taxonomy[]

Charaxes variata is a member of the large species group Charaxes etheocles.

Described as a subspecies of Charaxes viola[3] but ranked as a full species by Williams (2006).[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Charaxini
  3. ^ van Someren,V. G. L., 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 75-166.[1]
  4. ^ Williams, M.C. 2006. Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea)[2] Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine

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